Harriett Baldwin, a former chair of the Treasury Select Committee, argues that the power afforded to Number 11 can have unintended and negative consequences for democracy

A new survey has found that half of UK adults (50 per cent) have put off trying to lose weight, with many saying that the delay has impacted their health and caused them to gain even more weight. The UK’s leading weight-management organisation, Slimming World, warns that weight loss injections are not the silver bullet for success this January.

Are you ready for the next pandemic? The UK may not be.

As Keir Starmer has found out since replacing my old boss, being prime minister is unforgiving. The PM has been wise to build international relationships amid global instability, but he must deliver at home to avoid the same fate as us.

Having won a historic landslide general election victory in July, it is fair to say that Labour’s honeymoon in office has been short-lived.

Now US president-elect Donald Trump is making Europe pay for its own defence, Tim Leunig says countries like Switzerland and Ireland need to pick a side – and if they won’t join Nato, they should be made to help pay for it

For over 30 years Jaswant Narwal has worked for the Crown Prosecution Service, prosecuting some of the nation’s most challenging and high-profile criminal cases. As part of our Women in Westminster series, PoliticsHome sat down with Narwal to learn more about why she believes in people-powered justice

Last week saw the Government mark a key milestone on its mission of achieving clean power by 2030, with the publication of a national Clean Power Action Plan.

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges to cut down on “wasteful spending” within public services, weight management expert Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, founder and chair of Slimming World, is calling for a review of spending on unnecessary weight loss medication.

Vladimir Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new medium-range missile “in response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on 21 November”.

Think back to early 2022. The emergency flights full of anti-tank weapons, the hastily drafted sanction regimes, the fruitless shuttle diplomacy. Ukraine stands as a reminder that it is best to form policy in response to a crisis before the crisis emerges.

In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: scum

For five decades, Lord Lexden has been at the heart of Conservative politics. The party’s official historian tells Francis Elliott what lessons Kemi Badenoch should learn from the past and why she should resist the siren call of Nigel Farage

Following the success of our popular “Purr Minister competition” to find Parliament’s top cat, Battersea took our four key priorities for animal welfare, and three of our beloved canine residents, to the heart of Westminster at a reception kindly sponsored by our local MP, Marsha de Cordova.

The Leader of the House of Commons wished the UK a cruelty-free Christmas last week, in response to a question raised in Parliament by Sarah Champion – just in time for the MP and Cruelty Free International to host their Christmas reception in the Churchill Room on Wednesday afternoon.

Parks, pubs, sports clubs, libraries, allotments, community centres, local shops, youth clubs – these are the building blocks of a community.

With a career in journalism behind her, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh Liz Jarvis tells Sophie Church why Labour’s failure to listen to the public could prove costly

New report says the chemical sector needs a vision to help deliver its net zero ambitions and growth

With highway infrastructure projects expanding to meet the needs of our communities, safety at local highway work sites has become increasingly important.

With Europe racing to procure arms against the threat of widespread war on the continent, shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge tells Sophie Church the UK risks falling behind. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Donald Trump’s election victory will undoubtedly have implications for both international security and defence spending, particularly in Europe.

"I think this will be the biggest upgrade to workers’ and trade union rights in a generation," TUC general secretary Paul Nowak told a meeting of bill committee members scrutinising the Employment Rights Bill in Parliament.

Martin McHugh, CEO at CSA Catapult explains the steps needed to transform the UK’s semiconductor industry and drive economic growth for the long term

17 organisations have come together under the Flue2Chem consortium to explore how CO2 emissions from industrial processes can be transformed into new raw materials.